About 17 years ago I was trampled in a mosh pit and suffered my first serious knee cap dislocation of what would become many over the next many years. My hypermobilility symptoms were plentiful by that point but for some reason even that injury, which kept me from putting weight on the foot for months, wouldn't convince my parents to take me to a specialist. Unfortunately in adulthood I continued the trend and didn't start seeking care properly for another 10 years, after which point I was like "hey, maybe my knee shouldn't still be popping out 10 years after an injury. and also it really hurts" So I went to the doctor, diagnosed HSD, was given nothing but a few little exercises that did nothing. Continued to complain to the Dr but only offered pain meds. At this point I turned to other specialists, PT and osteo, I managed a gym routine that helped, but the gym led to more injuries. Eventually I suffered one of the worst dislocations that far and ended up in A&E. That finally lead to physio assessment. I then saw 5 physio's over the next couple of years and saw no improvement, all exercises hurt to do and gave little strength after which would quickly fade. Cut to last night, I'm currently incapacitated due to several injuries to the spine, leg and hands. You could say I'm desperate at this point for anything. I started wrapping myself with resistance bands and shoved a pillow between my legs as I've been sleeping that way and I felt it helped my digestion? so I wanted to try it again. ~~ It felt euphoric ~~ like pressure and tension I had been carrying for 17 years was slowly leaking out of me. I lay on my back with my legs in the air, using the resistance bands to "fall open" while also being bound to each other, and from here I could massage my lower back by rolling my legs around. I laid like this for about 20-30 mins then slowly came out of the pose. as soon as I unwrapped my legs it felt like I had A COMPLETELY NEW leg. 0 knee pain 0, not a duller pain, or pain that's only there when it moves or pinches. 0 pain. my hips feel released and my knee just felt NORMAL. I did it again for another 30 mins then fell asleep without meds and slept like a baby. I woke up today and it still feels normal! still tender to touch and I'm not exactly about to go for a run on it, but I genuinely can't remember the last time I felt like this? Like I don't have to wince at the thought of standing up or rolling onto it. .. ?????????? How has it taken me this long to get here? with such a simple exercise literally changing my life? How does no medical professional, even those who claim to be specialised have this knowledge? I approached it from a yin yoga, restorative perspective. Basically I identified I have wide set hips and because of that my entire leg is pinching in always to bring my legs together. I was also thinking of propriception and maybe some general hypermobility Instagram osmosis, seeing what works for other people. I did it on a whim thinking it would help my hip pain but I didn't expect to feel like a young person with their whole lives still ahead of them after 🥲 ×× Has any one had a similar breakthrough? what "weird" or "alt" exercises or poses do you do that helps which no Dr could have ever told you? I'm still kind of in shock. I feel like I'm finally unlocking a door that's been closed to me for so long.   submitted by   /u/aimtreetwo   to   r/Hypermobility [link]   [comments]